It's official: A chemical plant at the edge of a Tampa neighborhood stinks. ...more

October 26, 2008

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama announced Sunday that he raised more than $150 million in September, obliterating previous fundraising records and giving him an enormous tactical advantage over Republican Sen. John McCain in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. ...more

October 20, 2008

Clearwater police say a couple of black men are preying on Hispanics. Since January, there have been at least 45 robbery incidents in which Hispanics have been targeted, city officials say. Few arrests have been made, and police are seeing a resurgence of the trend, city officials say. ...more

October 10, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. ...more

October 8, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. But there is a new wave of research that many might find surprising. Two studies into the lives of middle-class children buck conventional wisdom and conclude that they are not the overscheduled, frazzled generation that many believe them to be. In fact, it might be the parents who are overloaded, one researcher suggests. ...more

October 7, 2008

A quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here Monday. ...more

October 7, 2008

Eileen Hart, who made headlines a decade ago for calling out the overpumping of groundwater, displayed moral courage again this week by returning the Moral Courage Award she won 12 years ago from the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

October 4, 2008

Despite pressure from some parents, the Sarasota County School District is sticking with its plan to let a committee determine when to deliver lifesaving equipment to the schools. ...more

September 30, 2008

University of South Florida linebacker Brouce Mompremier said he remembers everything about his frightening collision with teammate Carlton Williams. ...more

September 30, 2008

••Donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more and be in generally good health ...more

September 27, 2008